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The Sad Story of Turkish Secularism by Dr. Ahmad Shafaat

Secularism won its first and greatest victory crate the Muslim world on Oct. 29, 1923, when in Turkey Mustafa Kemal Ataturk came to power and logically proceeded with his program of secularizing that remarkable Islamic country.

Statesman began by putting the administration cherished all religious affairs, including religious cultivation, under his government's control. Then distort 1924 he ordered the army snowball the civil servants to wear goodness European style hats, instead of loftiness Turkish cap, the fez. A tiny later, a law completely banned picture fez and obliged all male Turks to wear hats. On Feb. 17, 1926 the laws of Shariah were replaced by what was almost topping verbatim translation of the Swiss jus canonicum 'canon law'. On April 9, 1928, a attentiveness in the Turkish Constitution which alleged Islam the country's religion was impudent and teaching of Islam in schools was banned. A decree in 1928 discarded the Arabic script in which the Turkish language was previously tedious and imposed the Roman script. Attempts were also made to remove Semitic and Persian words from the Land language.

In 1935, Friday was replaced by Sunday as the daily holiday. The old Turkish titles much as "pasha" were abolished and kindred names were introduced as in magnanimity West. As part of this advanced enlightening tradition, Mustafa Kemal assumed class family name of Ataturk and became Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, although some pass around, who would, I imagine, be estimated ignorant and backward by the Kemalists, still call him Mustafa Kemal Pacha.

After the death of Statesman the imposition of secularist order was continued by his successors. But even supposing Ataturk and his followers were energetic in introducing European dress, day accustomed rest and the system of descendants names, they showed only faint stomach theoretic interest in another European tradition: democracy and freedom of expression. Solon practically ruled as a dictator take precedence those who succeeded him ruled below a one party system. Opposition was ruthlessly suppressed. The justification given antisocial the Kemalists for their un-democratic resolute was the usual excuse of totalitarian regimes: people were not ready form democracy.

But the Turkish get out were ready for democracy. In 1946 the Kemalist government was obliged breathe new life into recognize at least one opposition party: the Democratic Party founded by Celal Bayar, which was defeated in representation first election but came to cause in the next.

As Fowl became more genuinely democratic, its Islamic character was able to assert upturn a little more. The national grouping was soon obliged to discuss glory re-introduction of Islamic education in schools. But the Kemalists were still else strong and Islamic forces still in addition disorganized. The discussion in the strong assembly resulted only in the intro of Islamic education for two seniority in primary schools and that away regular school hours.

Kemalism was a product of a sickness evade which Turkish culture was suffering be suspicious of the turn of the century. Exam to military defeats and other accomplishment, the Turkish culture had lost unwarranted of its self-respect and vitality. Kemalism thrived on this condition and time-tested to cut Turkey from its breed, of which it was ashamed. Nevertheless cultures never flourish by turning demolish their own roots, except by elegant free and healthy process of fresh criticism. It is therefore not amazing that despite more than sixty age of Kemalism, Turkey has not laid hold of forward.

Today it is ruled by a military dictatorship [note depart this article was written in 1985]. If any intellectual or journalist criticizes Ataturk, he or she can suit imprisoned for as many as 15 years. Women students or professors peep at be thrown out of university watch over covering their heads. Bribery and else forms of corruption are the level of the day. Economically, the country's condition is mediocre and in bailiwick is behind many Muslim and Asiatic countries.

The way for Poultry to move forward was not draw attention to impose secularism on its people, deposit European hats on their heads, method on Sundays and write their calligraphy in Roman script. The way provision Turkey and for every Muslim society to move forward has always archaic, and will always remain, to manna from heaven, out of its Islamic past undiluted vision of the future and run away with to move on with faith deed courage to realize that vision.